Virtue: Other-Centered

Like Tweet Pin +1 in In less than one year, Seton LaSalle Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, PA has made an incredible impact in the lives of so many by partnering with SportsLeader. Watch the video to find out more. The video was created by Kisker Productions . Principal Lauren Martin and... Read more

Like Tweet Pin +1 in Just a reminder that time is running out on the early bird registration fee for our upcoming SportsLeader Director of Sports Ministry Conference. Click here to register before March 15th. Scottsdale Arizona Notre Dame Prep Head Football Coach Mark Nolan interviewed two of his... Read more

Like Tweet Pin +1 in "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ClICK ON IMAGE: to view classic scene of real TEAM... Read more

SportsLeader Director of Sports Ministry Conference March 30 - April 1, 2016 Thomas More College Crestview Hills, KY (10 minutes from the Cincinnati airport) We encourage every diocese and Catholic school across the country to consider attending. Let's strengthen one of the best opportunities... Read more

This week alone we learned of two more College-Pro football players who are making some really horrible choices. Pretty much every day we hear about drug abuse - read ADDICTION - and domestic violence - read BEATING UP FAMILY MEMBERS … by athletes. These two plagues of society and sports in... Read more

St Mary CC Panther football program and the Huron Tiger football program hosted Victory Day at Kalahari Field, Huron, Ohio on Sept 6, 2014. This program featured special athletes that came to town and lit up the stadium like it has never been lit up! High School Football - It's more than just a... Read more

Like Tweet Pin +1 in "I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause." George M. Adams As coaches, we all work for the W's. It's the nature of the game, as well as in our own natures as human beings. We all want to succeed. We... Read more

Like Tweet Pin +1 in “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. … We need not wait to see what others do.” Mahatma Gandhi We ALL suffer from the tendency to... Read more

At SportsLeader we are constantly searching for ways to support coaches better. Recently, we've provided something for several of our coaches that has really helped them and their teams. It's called the 15 Words of Affirmation. One SportsLeader Assistant Coach of the Week: Bill Dawson at... Read more

One of the virtue themes in our Strength for Life Manual is SELF-LESS . The strength to always serve others before yourself. __ Being on a team where everyone is truly self-less is an absolute gift and pleasure. I was blessed to be able to study in Rome, Italy for five years. During that time, one... Read more

Last week's Brain Teaser answer was 60! Congrats to Coach Sammons from Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy for being the only one to get it right! Below is an article on mentoring that was published by Gallup in August 2013. I think it does a wonderful job of pointing out the urgent NEED for all... Read more

A picture is worth a thousand words, right? What is wrong with this picture and what does it have to do with coaching? There is another common phrase, "one side does not fit all." Every person is unique. Every person has a different story, different things that move, motivate, upset and... Read more

Congratulations to Craig Reed, from Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (CHCA) who was the ONLY SportsLeader to answer correctly last week's Brain Teaser, turning Army into Navy in 8 steps: Army Arms Aims Dims Dams Dame Name Nape Nave Navy Next week, I promise, we'll give you an easier one!... Read more

We all need an “Ego-Check” from time to time, myself included. It is far too easy to lose perspective on things and get caught up in ourselves, our goals, our personal pursuits. Here are some questions to help us reflect on whether or not we truly are “checking our ego at the door... Read more

Miles Scott, a 5-year-old boy whose leukemia is in remission, is a huge Batman fan, and his dream came true when the city of San Francisco transformed into Gotham to fulfill his wish to be Batman for a day. He stopped traffic in the Bay last November with his appearance as Batkid during a Make-a-... Read more

The article on Coach K is included in its entirety at the bottom. Here are some of my favorite parts. Coach K’s “ah-ha” moment, his epiphany about the importance of connection and relationships , transformed his coaching style. If you study Coach K’s approach, you’ll... Read more

Firefighters have many, many virtues. In speaking with a number of my friends who are firefighters I was inspired by one simple fact. When they are on the job and it is announced that there is a child to save - nothing else matters. The child must be saved. On the drive to the fire, there might be... Read more

“Food” for thought if you will. Take an apple and cut it in half. We can count the number of seeds in one apple. L to R - Sam Becker and Coach Paul Romolo of Cincinnati McNicholas High School. But we cannot count the number of apples in one seed. One tiny seed can grow into a mature... Read more

Damien Harris, a Junior RB from Madison Southern HS in Berea KY sat down with Lou Judd off SportsLeader to discuss the impact virtue and mentoring and the program has had on his life. Damien is the 17th ranked player in the ESPN 300 Junior Class (2015) and #1 ranked RB in the country.Read more

My family and I welcomed a new member this week, our sixth child and fourth son: Maximilian Xavier Judd. Baby Max and Mom are doing very well and we thank everyone for their prayers. We experienced a bit of a miracle during this pregnancy so we think God must have big things in store for this... Read more

Telling stories is a great way to teach virtue. This one can be applied to so many: Charity, Generosity, Kindness, Compassion, Self-Less, Other-Centered, Hope … Imagine if you had a "Mrs Killings" on your team or coaching staff. What a difference! Let's ask ourselves: Am I a... Read more

One of our first SportsLeader schools from Georgia helped make a dream come true last week. The 8th grade boys basketball team from Pinecrest Academy in Cumming, GA near Atlanta was honored to be asked to serve in a special way. Joseph Brunelle, manager of the Vickery Creek Middle School Vipers 8th... Read more

One of the most powerful elements of being a coach is that the young person is choosing to be with you, choosing to learn from you. In many instances, especially with boys and young men, they identify themselves with the sport they play. They see themselves as a football player, as a baseball... Read more

A tremendous example of virtue! Imagine if every athletic team in the country had 1 athlete like this ... our world would be a very different place. I Believe in Tim Tebow By Rick Reilly ESPN.com I've come to believe in Tim Tebow, but not for what he does on a football field, which is still... Read more

Being a part of something bigger than ourselves is a great lesson that coaches can instill in the hearts of their players. Memories and experiences like the ones here shape who we are! Congrats to Coach Stephanie Barrows and her team. In addition to these amazing achievements, they also had a lot... Read more

I received this note from a parent/booster member of the Eastern High School football team in Louisville, KY - Matthew Smith. As coaches, we don't always hear about the good things about our players and our programs from "outsiders" ... many times just the complaints. The more you teach virtue, the... Read more